Postage stamps up 2 centsMartinez News-Gazette, CAPostmaster Jeannette Davis said Monday's stamp price increase caused a minor rush on the Postal Service's “Forever” stamp, which is valid regardless of rate increases. “The 'Forever' stamp is very popular, and no matter when you purchase it, … More: continued here

New Haven Man Pleads Guilty To eBay ScamHartford Courant, United StatesBy DAVID OWENS| More than 1000 customers using eBay, the auction website, paid a New Haven man for cellphones and hands-free headsets but never received them. The reason was simple, federal authorities said. Yochanan Levitansky, 22, never intended to …New Haven …

Food stamps are one way for Peninsulans to ride out the tough economySan Jose Mercury News,  USAIt's the government food stamp program, and it was originally designed to provide farm surpluses to low-income people. Since then, the program has gone through many changes due to shifting political currents, new technology …

eparsa Magazine Nikki Reed is Post Office PrettyJust Jared Jr.Nikki Reed drops off some mail at a local post office in Los Angeles on sunny Wednesday afternoon (May 13). The 20-year-old Twilight starlet recently dished to MTV that although her vampiress alter-ego Rosalie Hale doesn't go to Italy in the …

Lord Mandelson opening remarks: postal services bill report stageMedia Newswire (press release), NYHooper found a Royal Mail which was critical to our country but which was labouring under several huge burdens, including the decline in the number of items sent through the post due to the shift to new technologies and …

Royal Mail sell-off bid to go aheadThe Press AssociationThe Government is pressing ahead with its controversial plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail in the face of opposition from Labour MPs and unions, pledging to use money from the sell-off to modernise the business. Ministers said moves to attract a … …

Homer, Bart and co get stamp of approvalDispatch Online, South AfricaCrew and voice-cast members of the long-running animated series attended an unveiling of five Simpsons US postage stamps at the Twentieth Century Fox lot in Los Angeles. Simpsons producer James L Brooks says the honour is “surreal”. … More: continued here

Post Office Named For FerraroWestern Queens Gazette, NYBY JOHN TOSCANO Citing Geraldine Ferraro as "a trailblazer, role model and leader", Congressmember Carolyn Maloney last week hailed the passage of a bill naming the main post office in Long Island City in honor of her former colleague in Congress. … More: continued …

UT jersey going back on ebayAustin American-Statesman, TXA bidding frenzy broke out on ebay as a 1914 University of Texas football jersey reached a whopping $14900, but there's no sale – yet. As John Maher reported this week, the jersey purportedly once belonged to Longhorn great Len Barrell, the Vince Young …

eBay's Next MistakeMotley FoolIf you're a casual seller on eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) — the kind that only lists on the site when you clean out your garage or outgrow your designer jeans — your world is about to change. Beginning June 16, the online marketplace will allow you to list …